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County HR seeks hires, summer help and schedules executive sessions; opioid settlement flagged for future action

Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · March 17, 2026
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Summary

Human resources presented requests to retain a transferring clerk's step date, post for a public‑works engineer at multiple levels, fill summer positions and an accounting specialist; the board held two short executive sessions and was told of an opioid settlement deadline staff will bring back for board consideration.

Human resources and county staff brought personnel and procedural items to the board, and the board held executive sessions without public action.

Jessica Warren (Human Resources) requested that a transferring clerk be allowed to retain her current step date despite accepting a lower pay grade so she could qualify for a scheduled step increase on July 1. Warren also asked permission to post a vacant public‑works engineer position at multiple…

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